Window-sash construction



Ju l ae 22,1926.

R. T. AXE

' wmnow sAsa CONSTRUCTION INVEN TOR.

Filed SBPt- 11. 1925 A TTORNEYS Patented June 22 1926.

-UNITED STATES PATENT .oFFIcam nor '1. Axe, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR To me o. M. EDWARDS coMrANirQ me, or SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A, CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

WINDOW-BASH ooNsraucrioN.

Application filed September- 11, 1925. Serial No. 55,765.

This invention relates to sheetmetal window' sashes and has for its object a particularly simple and eflicient means within the sash for engaging the window guide and holding the sash from undue lateral shiftreinvention consists in the novel features and inthe combinations and constructions hereinafter 'set'forth and claimed.

In descrlblng. thls. lnvent on, reference 1s "had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding partsin all the views.

Figure 1 is afragmentary elevation of a window sash embodying my invention, the

window guide being shown and a portion of the'sash being broken away to show the coaction of the guide with the sash.

Figure 2 is a thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line'33,

Figure 1.

This sash comprises sheet metal stiles or stiles bent up from sheet' metal U shaped in general form or in the form of a channel open at its outer edge, the intermediate portion of the U shaped formation being formed .to receive the margin of the glass pane, :windowl' guides extending into the stiles through the open 'outer *edges thereof and means within the stiles for engaging the edge faces of the guides to prevent the sash from lateral shifting and also relieve .the thin, front and rear walls or flanges of same general construction and are formed up of thin, light sheet metal and are U shaped in general form in cross section. This is so with the exception of the top rail but the difference is of no consequence in so far as this invention is concerned.

Each stile 1 is formed so as to have opposing side walls or side flanges 4' which are connected along the inner edge of the stile by an intermediate portion 5 formed with a fragmentary edge viewsliding of the sash whether re-entrant groove 6 for receiving the margin The stile isopen' at its" of the glass pane.

edge for receiving a projecting guide rib 7 on the window frame. In order to relieve the thin edges of the opposing walls or foo flanges of the'stile from 'sidethrust owing tothe engagement thereof with the window frame, the stile is provided with metal -in-" serts'which ride upon theedge face of the" guide, the side wall of flanges of the stile projecting beyondthe outer face of the inserts. These inserts are generally like arms of L shaped corner irons 8, there beingj'a corner iron at each corner and the outer surface of these corner irons are disposed midway between the outer and inner edges Hence, a groove is formedji about one-half the depth of the stile, for

of the stile.

receiving the window guide.

The corner irons are located only at the corners and the greater between the corner iron.

In other words, the sash the guides only at its corners. In window either by a miter joint or by a'square joint.

art of each stile oes not have; any

bearing on the windowrguide. Y

In the sash here illustrated, each'stile 1 interposed between the ends of the lower and upper' rails 2, 3, that is, the ends of the) mils: p the: ends of the stiles and-the en'd portions of the sides of the top and bottom rails form flanges 9 which together with a portion of the corner iron confine a groove or passage at 10 which forms a continuation of the guide receiving passage or grooves of the stile.

Obviously, in operation, the upright portions of the corner irons will en age thewindow guide and relieve the wal s of the stiles from side thrusts.

The construction of the sash lock shown herein forms no part of this invention, but forms the subject matter of my application Sr. No. 43558, filed July 14, 1925.

What I claim is 1. A window sash comprising stiles formed of sheet metal, each stile being U shaped in cross section with the intermediate part of the U shaped formation formed with a re-entrant groove for receiving the margin of the glass pane, the stile being open at its outer edge, inserts arranged in the stile,

the opposite walls of the stile extending beyond the outer faces of the inserts and a window guide extending between the opposite walls of each stile, the outer faces of the inserts sliding on the edge face of the guide.

2. A window sash comprising sheet metal stiles and rails being hollow and each stile being U shaped in general form and being open at its outer edge, corner irons arrange within the stiles and the rails at each corner, the side walls of each stile extending beyond the outer edge faces of the corner iron, forming the bottoms of passages for receiving the window guide and the ends of the rails being formed with passages constituting continuations of the passage of the stile, and window guides extending into such passages, the outer faces of the portions of the corner irons located in the stiles, engaging the edge faces of such guides.

3. A window sash construction comprisin thin sheet metal hollow stiles, each stile being U shaped in general form and open at its outer edge, a guide coacting with each stile, the guide and stile being so arran 'ed that one embraces the other and the gui e stiflens the stile and means between the opposing walls of the stile having running engagement with the guide for receiving the side thrusts of the sash and relievin the opposing walls of the sheet metal sti e from the side thrusts.

4. The window sash construction of claim 3 in which the means within the stile having running engagement with the guide is spaced apart lengthwise of the stile.

5. A window sash construction comprising thin, hollow, sheet metal stiles, each stile being open in the form of a channel open at its outer edge and formed with means at its inner edge for receiving the margin of the pane, the stile having inserts at the bottom of the channel, and means for guiding the sash and stiffening each stile, the latter means projecting into the stile through the outer open edge thereof and slidably engaging the walls of the stile and the inserts.

6.. The window sash of claim 5 in which the inserts are spaced apart lengthwise of the stile.

'Z. The window sash construction of the claim 5 in which the inserts are arranged at the corners of the sash.

8. A window sash construction comprising a thin, sheet metal stile'open at its outer edge and shaped at its inner edge to hold the margin of the glass pane, the stile being U-shaped in general form, inclosing a channel open at the edge of the stile, and means for stiffening the sheet metal stile, and for holding and guiding the sash, said means projecting into the stile through the open edge thereof to near the bottom of the channel confined by the stile, said means slidably fitting the front and rear walls of the stile.

9. The window sash of claim 8 in which each stile is provided with inserts at the bottom of the channel providing runners for engaging said stifiening and guiding means.

10. The window construction of claim 3 in which the means within the stile comprises inserts at the corners of the stile, said inserts bein spaced apart so that there is a space extent ing lengthwise of the stile between the inserts, the inserts having running engagement with the guide.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York, this 3rd day of September, 1925.

ROY T. AXE. 

